Where does “kantor” come from?
kantor (Indonesian) comes from Malay kantor, from Dutch kantoor, from Middle Dutch cantoor, from Middle French contoir, from Middle French compter, from Old French compter, from Latin computāre, from Latin computō — resin.
kantor (Indonesian): office, a room, set of rooms, or building used...
Definitions
- office, a room, set of rooms, or building used...
Ancestry of “kantor”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Malay | kantor | — |
| 2 | Dutch | kantoor | office |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | cantoor | — |
| 4 | Middle French | contoir | Alternative spelling of comptoir |
| 5 | Middle French | compter | to recount; to tell |
| 6 | Old French | compter | — |
| 7 | Latin | computāre | — |
| 8 | Latin | computō | — |
| 9 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 10 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 11 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 12 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 16 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 17 | German | kitt | — |
| 18 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 19 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 20 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
Words derived from “kantor”